Data Protection

Travers Dental Practice complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Our Data Protection Officer is Dr. Richard Travers.

In order to provide you with a high standard of dental care and attention, we need to hold personal information about you. This personal data comprises:

• Personal details such as your name, contact details, age and your GP;
• Your past and current medical and dental condition;
• Radiographs, clinical photographs and study models;
• Information about your treatment (and its cost);
• Notes;
• Records of consent to treatment;
• Any referrals to other specialists or other relevant correspondence with other healthcare professionals

You have the right to access the data we hold about you (within one month of your request) and to have it rectified or incomplete information completed.

Personal data about you is held in the practice’s computer system. The information is not accessible to the public and only authorised members of staff have access to it. Our computer system has secure audit trails and we back up information on every working day.

If you do not wish personal data we hold about you to be disclosed or used in the way that is described in this Policy, please discuss the matter with your dentist. You have the right to object, but please remember that this may affect our ability to provide you with dental care.